Museum sights in County Durham
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Durham Light Infantry Museum
The history of Durham's County Regiment and its part in various wars from 1758 to 1968 is brought to life at this museum 500m northwest of city centre; there's a small art gallery with changing exhibitions.
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Oriental Museum
Another university museum, located on campus 3 miles south of the city centre, with surprisingly good collections ranging from fine Egyptian artefacts to a monster of a Chinese bed. Take bus 5 or 5a.
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Durham Heritage Centre
Near the cathedral, in what was the St Mary-le-Bow Church, this museum has a pretty crowded collection of displays on Durham's history from the Middle Ages to mining. It's all suitably grim, especially the reconstructed Victorian prison cell.
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Museum of Archaeology
Occupying a converted riverside mill, this small university museum has collections ranging from prehistory to medieval times via the Romans and Anglo-Saxons.
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